[ale] Copying VERY large files

John Wells jb at sourceillustrated.com
Wed Oct 23 10:55:52 EDT 2002


Robert,

I usually split it into smaller files:

cat <filename> | split -1000 - new.

...transfer to destination...

cat new.[a-z]* > <filename>

Should work with binary and ascii files, afaik.  Check the flags...it's
been awhile since I've had to do it.

John


Robert L. Harris said:
>
>
> Due to an error in a disk array I need to move a 4.6Gig file from one
> server to another.  Actually a bunch of them.  CPIO blows out with a
> "file too large" error and I think rsync is having the same problem even
> though it's not giving the same error.
>
> Anyone know a good way to copy the files between the 2 machines?
> They're connected on a private network with Gig copper, nfs is
> available.  Ideally I'd like to preserve ownership and permissions.
>
> Thoughts?
>   Robert
>
>
> :wq!
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